On the set, in 1950.
Category Archives: Space
Evoloterra
Clark Lindsey and his wife performed the ceremony with some friends, and has a review. Our experience has been that people who are not generally into space enjoy it quite a bit, if you can get them to do it.
Reforming NASA
It’s not going to happen this year.
Sadly, he’s probably right. We’re going to waste at least another two to four billion dollars on SLS before it’s canceled.
Forty-Four Years Ago Today
…men first walked on the moon. And this past Tuesday (when we did The Space Show on our ceremony, that I hope everyone performs tonight), was the forty-fourth anniversary of the launch, when the Saturn dropped it first stage into the Atlantic. And they’ve confirmed the find of one of the engines.
The Senate Launch System
The latest analysis of the programmatic disaster to come. With bonus Orion problems.
This is simply insane.
Ilan Ramon
A tragedy, and a miracle.
I hadn’t heard about his son’s death.
Superman
Could he punch someone into space?
My answer is no, without even reading the link. I think that he could throw someone there (though they’d get cooked from the air friction on the way up), and they’d come back down unless they had escape velocity when they got to the top of the atmosphere, because there wouldn’t be an orbital insertion impulse. But if he punched them hard enough to do so, his fist would probably just take their head off. If he did it through their solar plexus, it would probably just go right through. People don’t consider the structural issues associated with superheroes and normal-human interactions with them.
Now Ralph Kramden, on the other hand… But then, he never carried out the threat.
The Proton Failure
Wow. That’s bad design and bad QC.
a) You shouldn’t be able to install an angular-rate (or any kind of attitude) sensor upside down.
b) The vehicle should be able to sense that it has an upside-down sensor and automatically abort.
It did look like it was having guidance problems in the video, and that would sure explain why.
Luna National Park
This looks like a pretty clear-cut claim of sovereignty to me, and thus in violation of the Outer Space Treaty. Protecting the Apollo sites is a problem, but I don’t think that this is the solution. Unless, of course, we want to withdraw, which I certainly wouldn’t complain about.
Is There A JPLer In The House?
Anyone know if there was a back-up for Galileo, and if it’s still in existence?